July 7, 2010 – Patience

Today I am most grateful for more patience than I had yesterday.  For focusing on the positive instead of the negative.  For finding sunshine and happiness, peace and laughter with my kids today.

For living a life where I am going to sleep each night and being okay with how I’m living my life, raising my children, loving my family, treating my friends, understanding the world, sharing my happiness and learning from my mistakes.

That’s it.  Each day is a new start.  Some days are easier and better than others, but the effort and the sincerity of the effort is half the battle.

~K

July 6, 2010 – Nice.

Not a bad thought for today… not bad at all.  Thank you, Mr. Emerson, for these words.

~K

July 6, 2010 – One more….

One more thought to consider from my sweet and smart little read…

“That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man. “

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince

~K

July 5, 2010 – The Little Prince Again

More amazing words to hear from this amazing little story.

“What saves a man is to take a step.  Then another step.  It is always the same step, but you have to take it.”

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Keep on stepping.

~K

July 4, 2010 – Independence Day

Thoughts from others for today.  In the meantime, enjoy today.  Enjoy it’s meaning.  Enjoy your surroundings and your freedom and the security often overlooked but so appreciated in both.

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This, then, is the state of the union:  free and restless, growing and full of hope.  So it was in the beginning.  So it shall always be, while God is willing, and we are strong enough to keep the faith.  ~Lyndon B. Johnson

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You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness.  You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.  ~Erma Bombeck

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Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.  ~Abraham Lincoln

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And I'm proud to be an American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
~Lee Greenwood

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Different perspectives.  Different thoughts.  All worth reading today.

~K

July 3, 2010 – The Little Prince

I am reading, for the first time ever, the story of The Little Prince and so, allow me to share some of the wisdom of this wonderful little story for now and for the next few days to come.

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Nice point.   So many more to come.  Enjoy.

~K

July 2, 2010 – Know what you’re missing

We walked outside last night to get in the car.  It was dusk.

I was sweating, in a hurry, putting the kids in carseats.  I went to the mailbox first, and as I’m checking the mail, I see my five year old twirling in the yard.  “I LOVE that sound!” she exclaimed.

I heard nothing.  Again, she said it.  I looked at her and looked around.  Made a point of listening and then it hit me… of course.

The evening summer sound of cicadas in the air.  An everyday sound.  So commonplace that I no longer even recognize it.

To her it is a beautiful sound, indicative of family time and summer nights, perhaps.

My lesson for the day… know what you’re missing.  How did I miss this?  How did I get so caught up in the rush, rush, busy, busy… to not hear the beautiful summer evening? I know it will not happen again.  At the end of the day, my lesson was learned.

~K